New York
Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday hinted that the Rs 500 a month cash dole to small farmers may be increased in the future as the government\u2019s resources grow and said states can top up this amount with their own income support schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also slammed Congress President Rahul Gandhi for ridiculing the scheme announced in the Interim Budget for 2019-20 by equating it to Rs 17 a day dole, saying the Opposition leader must \u201cgrow up\u201d and realise that he is contesting a national election and not a college union poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the first year where it has begun. I am sure as the government resources improve, this can be increased,\u201d he said. On nearly 15 crore landless farmers being left out of the scheme, he said they have rural employment guarantee scheme MNREGA plus other benefits for the rural population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The present government, he said, is \u201cstarting off over and above the lakhs of crores we are putting into rural areas.\u201d \u201cWe are starting off with Rs 75,000 crore a year and I foresee this amount increasing in the years to come. And if the states top it up, some states have already started with the scheme, I think the others must emulate them, it will increase,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said most of the central schemes are divided into 60:40 ratio, so \u201clet us enhance this to 60:40 in the spirit of cooperative federalism\u201d and instead of \u201cgiving criticism, let the states give 40 .\u201d On Gandhi\u2019s criticism of the Budget proposal, he said, \u201cI think he needs to grow up. He must realise that he is contesting a national election not a college union one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On his predecessor P Chidambaram\u2019s criticism that the Interim Budget was an \u201caccount for vote\u201d and not a \u2018vote on account\u2019, he said, \u201cI have no problem with monies being spent on either of these two accounts. But I have a serious problem when monies go into personal accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome state governments have started it,\u201d he said. \u201cSo my advise to what I call the \u2018Nawabs of Negativity\u2019 is ask your own state governments to top it off with their own income support schemes. Ideally, like the GST, this is a case where all political parties must defy party lines and in the spirit of cooperative federalism, have a Centre plus state scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taking on the Congress, he said the comments by the leaders of the principal opposition party and \u201csome other compulsive contrarians\u201d indicate that they have a complete lack of understanding of the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOthers have been in power much longer than we have been and did nothing. There is a real problem in India, both with regard to the urban-rural divide, which is reflective of the quality of life available in rural areas, and the state of agriculture. You have to look at both these issues compositely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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